World Cup of Hockey - Part 5. Team Czech Republic

13 Sep 2015Marcus Vilson»

World Cup of Hockey hasn't been played since 2004 and last team to win the Cup is Canada. Now as the prestigious tournament is back, there's no questions about it being filled with star players.

Team Czech Republic was supposed to give their home fans a great tournament, as the 2015 World Championship was held in Ostrava and Prague. But Czech Republic ended up in fourth place, as they lost to Team USA, 3-0, in the Bronze Medal game.

Almost all of the leaders from the "golden generation" that won gold medals at the World Championship six times and at the 1998 Nagano Olympics between 1996 and 2010 are gone. For the 2016 World Cup in Toronto, Czech Republic will possibly have a great team and it could look like this. Observe that this is just a preliminary squad.

Goalies:
Petr Mrazek, Detroit Red Wings
Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Flyers
Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg jets

Defensemen:
Radko Gudas, Philadelphia Flyers
Zbynek Michalek, Arizona Coyotes
Jakub Nakladal, Calgary Flames
Ondrej Nemeth, Severstal Cherepovets
Roman Polak, Toronto Maple Leafs
Andrej Sustr,Tampa Bay Lightning
Marek Zidlicky, Free Agent

Forwards:
Martin Hanzal, Arizona Coyotes
Jiri Hudler, Calgary Flames
David Krejci, Boston Bruins
Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens
Pavel Zacha, New Jersey Devils
Tomas Hertl, San José Sharks
Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay Lightning
Vladimir Sobotka, Avangard Omsk
Michael Frolik, Calgary Flames
Dmitrij Jaskin, ST. Louis Blues
David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins
Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers
Radim Vrbata, Vancouver Canucks